""ET WEB_CLIENT Attempted WordPress GDPR Plugin Privilege Escalation M1 (Enable Registration)""

SID: 2026605

Revision: 2

Class Type: attempted-admin

Metadata: affected_product Wordpress_Plugins, attack_target Web_Server, created_at 2018_11_13, deployment Perimeter, performance_impact Low, signature_severity Major, tag PrivilegeEsc, updated_at 2018_11_13

Reference:

Protocol: tcp

Source Network: $EXTERNAL_NET

Source Port: any

Destination Network: $HTTP_SERVERS

Destination Port: $HTTP_PORTS

Flow: established,to_server

Contents:

  • Value: "POST"

  • Value: "/admin-ajax.php"

  • Value: "action=wpgdprc_"

  • Value: "users_can_register|22|,|22|value|22 3a 22|1"

Within:

PCRE:

Special Options:

  • http_method

  • http_uri

  • http_client_body

  • fast_pattern

  • http_client_body

source